Asus Maximus IV GENE-Z

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	55.8% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	43.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Maximus IV GENE-Z (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121109
Uptime	21 Days
Run Date	Sep 07 '18 at 08:57
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E3-1280 V2 484 User benchmarks, average bench 75% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	75.7% Very good	Memory 89.8 1-Core 102 2-Core 189 74% 127 Pts	4-Core 333 8-Core 500 52% 416 Pts	64-Core 516 32% 516 Pts
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Gigabyte(1458 228F) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1040 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.12.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	55.8% Above average	Lighting 69.2 Reflection 61.7 Parallax 90.2 56% 73.7 fps	MRender 61.4 Gravity 55.4 Splatting 78.1 54% 65 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: 521ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 62 64 66 67 66 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	43.9% Average	Read 122 Write 80.7 Mixed 107 SusWrite 67.3 21% 94.1 MB/s	4K Read 20.4 4K Write 74.7 4K Mixed 25.3 103% 40.1 MB/s	DQ Read 86.8 DQ Write 72.5 DQ Mixed 74.3 57% 77.9 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 73%
WD Red 2.5" 1TB (2013)-$151 1,952 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 279GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 55 53 59 43 46 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	33.8% Below average	Read 66 Write 57.3 Mixed 38.8 SusWrite 51.7 39% 53.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.7 112% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 33.8% Great: 62%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 746GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 99 97 98 98 98 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	65.9% Good	Read 130 Write 134 Mixed 57 SusWrite 97.9 76% 105 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 2.3 410% 2.97 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 108%
WD My Book 1130 2TB 1,666 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 1.5TB free, PID 1130 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 110 110 112 111 112 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	46.6% Average	Read 110 Write 107 Mixed 55.5 SusWrite 111 128% 95.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 97% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 48%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-038.A00LF 2x8GB 585 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	50.3% Above average	MC Read 17.6 MC Write 17.7 MC Mixed 16 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 16.1 SC Mixed 15.9 44% 15.3 GB/s	Latency 67.5 59% 67.5 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 54%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 34%

Sail boat

Motherboard: Asus Maximus IV GENE-Z - $150

CPU
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	180x
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	102x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	32x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	34x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	26x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	26x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	18x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	18x
BX500 240GBCrucial $29Bench 56%, 142,801 samples	17x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	19x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 56%, 22,320 samples	10x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	9x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $666

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16